accessary

American  

[ak-ses-uh-ree] / ækˈsɛs ə ri /

noun

• accessaries
  plural

1. accessory.

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accessary British  

/ əkˈsɛsərɪ /

noun

1. law a less common spelling of accessory

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• accessariness
  noun
• accessarily
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• accessaries
  plural

Example Sentences

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accessary accessaries

Another popular accessary was face jewelry around the nose and cheekbones.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2021

In Volume II, Chapter X, "knew to be an accessary" was changed to "knew to be an accessory".

From The Village Notary by J?zsef E?tv?s

Nearly all the dreams recorded in the Bible,—Jacob’s, Joseph’s, Pharaoh’s, Nebuchadnezzar’s,—are grotesques; and nearly the whole of the accessary scenery in the books of Ezekiel and the Apocalypse.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by John Ruskin

“An accessary, both before and after the fact,” he repeated to himself.

From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford

I am much indebted to the zeal and discernment of Foot-Adjutant Geraly, who was very accessary to the execution of my orders.

From Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart. Particularly of his Services in the Canadas, including a reply to the strictures on his Military Character, Contained in an Article in The Quareterly Review by E. B. Brenton

Capital cases not being mentioned here, accessaries to them will of course be triable for misprisions, if the offender flies.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Intrenchments, though inert masses, must therefore be regarded as most valuable and important accessaries in the defence of a position.

From Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. by Henry Wager Halleck

In fact, the whole mind of the painter seems to have been set upon making the principals accessary, and the accessaries principal.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by John Ruskin

In treason, all the participes criminis are principals; there are no accessaries to this crime.

From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

As accessaries in landscape, they are just to be drawn on the same principles as anything else. xv.

From The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners by John Ruskin